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OSCE Office in Baku welcomes Azerbaijani president's pardon of two newspaper editors
Publishing date: 23 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
BAKU, 23 October 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku today welcomed the Azerbaijani president's pardon of two newspaper editors imprisoned this year for libel...
OSCE Mission presents booklet on state of corruption in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
PRISTINA, 17 October 2006- The OSCE Mission presented today a booklet with expert findings on the state of corruption in Kosovo at a second workshop on this issue organized by the OSCE Mission and the Office of the Prime Minister...
OSCE Mission in Skopje supports system for transparent distribution of court cases
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
SKOPJE, 13 October 2006- A software system that makes the assignment of court cases to judges more transparent was delivered today to the Appellate Court in Skopje under a project supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Office in Baku organizes expert discussion of law that decriminalizes defamation
Publishing date: 10 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
BAKU, 10 October 2006- Azerbaijan's first draft law on defamation was presented at a roundtable meeting held today by the OSCE Office in Baku. The draft would decriminalize defamation...
OSCE Presence in Albania launches project on access to information
Publishing date: 3 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
TIRANA, 3 October 2006- A project aimed at helping Albanians be more aware of their rights to access information was launched today by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the People's Advocate (Ombudsman)...
OSCE Mission welcomes agreement on new Serbian Constitution, encourages public debate before Assembly vote
Publishing date: 29 September 2006
BELGRADE, 29 September 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes the announcements by Serbian political leaders that they have reached an agreement on a new Serbian Constitution....
Anti-trafficking and non-discrimination to top agenda of Europe's largest human rights meeting
Publishing date: 26 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 26 September 2006- Some 900 international experts, government representatives and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 2 to 13 October for this year's session of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...